Fernando de Alencastre

Fernando de Alencastre Norona y Silva, Duque de Linares y Marques de Valdefuentes (1641-3 June 1717) was the Viceroy of New Spain from 1711 to 1716. He succeeded Francisco Fernandez de la Cueva and preceded Baltasar de Zuniga.

Biography
Alencastre was born to a distinguished Spanish family and a Sardinian noble family, and in 1711 became the Viceroy of New Spain. He constructed four well-armed and light warships at Coatzacoalcos during the War of the Spanish Succession in order to defend the Mexican coast from privateers from Great Britain. In 1715, the garrison of San Juan de Ulua began an insurrection because they received only partial pay, but Alencastre tried and pardoned them rather than executed or disbanded them. In 1716, he resigned.